Sunday, April 14, 2013

• Forbes – New U.S. Nuclear Waste Policy May Be Illegal: GAO – Jeff McMahon
• Bay Area Indymedia – Vigils at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab – Tara Dorabji
• Columbus Free Press – San Onofre to Boxer, Markey & the public: “Drop Dead” – Harvey Wasserman
• Wyoming Tribune-Eagle – F.E. Warren’s nuclear future could be in jeopardy – Trevor Brown
• Las Cruces Sun-News – Workshop planned to address uranium contamination
• Akron Beacon Journal blog – Eco-group blames partial win after radiation provisions cut from Ohio budget bill – Bob Downing
• New York Times – U.S. Rethinks How to Respond to Nuclear Disaster – Matthew L. Wald
• Peak Oil – Nuclear Is NOT a Low-Carbon Source of Energy
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Former Chairman of Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Reactors Should Be Phased Out – Dr. Gordon Edwards
• Asia-Pacific: RT – 5.2 quake hits near Fukushima, day after destructive 6.3 tremor
• Asia-Pacific: Asian Correspondent – TOKYO (AP) — Their demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children.
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Transfer of radioactive water to be delayed at Fukushima plant
• Asia-Pacific: Mainichi Daily News – Lawsuit seeks evacuation of Fukushima children
• Europe: Der Spiegel – Radiating Remnants: Nuclear Waste Barrels Litter English Channel – Nicola Kuhrt

Saturday, April 13, 2013

• Energy Daily – DOE outlines $5.6 billion spent fuel management plan – George Lobsenz
• Common Dreams – San Onofre to the Public: DROP DEAD! – Harvey Wasserman
• Tri-City Herald – Leaking Hanford tanks topic at Manhattan Project park hearing – Annette Cary
• Telluride Daily Planet – Who is manning the plutonium? – Thom Carnevale
• Newport News Daily Press – State’s new nuclear agency gets cloak of secrecy – Stephen Nielsen
• Democratic Underground – Nuclear Retirement Anxiety – Jeff Johnson
• Asia-Pacific: AFP Google – Strong 6.3-magnitude quake hits western Japan
• Asia-Pacific: Enformable – Workers investigate Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Torus Chamber – Lucas W Hixson
• Asia-Pacific: Xinhua News – 22 people injured as powerful quake jolts western Japan
• Asia-Pacific: JAIF – News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Net TV expresses views the mainstream ignores – Philip Brasor
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Strong earthquake hits Awaji Island
• Europe: The Guardian – Planning advice is ignored over building near nuclear sites – Jamie Doward

Friday, April 12, 2013

• Inyo County, CA – Yucca Mountain Repository Assessment Office Workshop (pdf-362K)
• Center for Investigative Reporting – How we searched for cesium contamination on Treasure Island – Matt Smith, Katharine Mieszkowski
• Center for Investigative Reporting – Nuclear byproduct levels on Treasure Island higher than Navy disclosed – Matt Smith, Katharine Mieszkowski
• OregonLive blog – Fukushima – Long Term Health Effects (part 3) – Dave Stewart-Smith
• Lower Hudson Journal – Editorial: Indian Point study should spur evacuation review
• Brattleboro Reformer – Editorial: ‘No such thing as an orderly evacuation’
• BioPortfolio – Missing Doses in the Life Span Study of Atom Bomb Survivors
• ENS – U.S. Nuclear Agency Warned to Expand Power Plant Evacuation Zones
• Slideshare – Radioactive waste management ppt – Aditya Sahu
• Oceania: Friends of the Earth Australia – Chain Reaction Magazine
• Oceania: Independent Australia – Two years after Fukushima: a tale of two symposiums
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘Shadow units’ (18): Brigade commander faced crucial decision before reactor meltdown –
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Disaster did little to shake up status quo, expert says – Ayako Mie
• Asia-Pacific: NHK World – Panel questions govt monitoring of Fukushima plant
• Asia-Pacific: Nikkei – Japan Steel Works Plans Furloughs At Reactor Parts Plant
• Asia-Pacific: Taipei Times – KMT lawmakers break rank in voting – Shih Hsiu-chuan
• Europe: RT – Nuclear waste barrels remain strewn across floor of English Channel – report
• Europe: Whitehaven News – Nuclear firms making millions of pounds but giving nothing back to Cumbria – Ian Duncan
• Russia: Bellona – Russian authorities signal they will continue raids on NGOs in search of ‘foreign agents’ – Charles Digges
• South Africa: Mail & Guardian – Should SA put its nuclear dreams aside for now? – Dirk de Vos

Thursday, April 11, 2013

• Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) – Senator Boxer: Safety First at San Onofre
• AP Google – Agency staff signals no hazard in nuke plant start – Michael R. Blood
• Bloomberg – NRC Proposes No Safety Threat Finding With San Onofre – Mark Chediak
• KPBS – CA Senator Blasts Gov’t Agency Overseeing San Onofre – Patty Lane, Peggy Pico, Alison St John
• Los Angeles Times – Push to restart San Onofre gets a boost – Abby Sewell
• Platts – Amendment would not authorize San Onofre-2 restart: NRC, utility – Steven Dolley
• SanJuanCapistrano.patch – Sen. Boxer Blasts Feds as ‘Irresponsible’ on Nuclear Plant Restart
• San Luis Obispo NewTimes – Nuclear bill focuses on money – Patrick M. Klemz
• Boulder Weekly – Continue saying no to nukes – Dave Anderson
• Michigan Radio – Union of Concerned Scientists’ nuclear expert in Michigan to discuss Palisades – Lindsey Smith
• POGO – MOX Costs Spiral Further Out of Control – Lydia Dennett
• Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – GAO: Fear may clog streets in Indian Point evacuation
• Common Dreams – The State of Nuclear Power in US: Bad and Worse – Lauren McCauley
• ENS – Obama’s 2014 Budget Sets New Energy Goals
• Fairewinds Energy Education – Tipping the Scale: The 3/11 Formula
• New York Times – New Solar Process Gets More Out of Natural Gas – Matthew L. Wald
• NIRS – GAO report finds NRC does not understand, nor do its regs adequately consider, “shadow evacuation” phenomenon at nuclear reactor sites
• Asia-Pacific: Bloomberg – Tepco Faces Decision to Dump Radioactive Water in Pacific Ocean – Tsuyoshi Inajima
• Asia-Pacific: New York Times – Mishaps Underscore Weaknesses of Japanese Nuclear Plant – Hiroko Tabuchi
• South Asia: IBNLive – Indira Gandhi offered to share nuclear technology with Pak: WikiLeaks
• Europe: Daily Mail – Man dies in explosion at nuclear waste processing plant in France – Peter Allen
• Russia: Bellona – Russian nuclear icebreaker Rossiya taking last voyage along Norway’s coast – Charles Digges
• Russia: Voice of Russia – US acknowledges importance of plutonium deal with Russia

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

• Bloomberg – NRC Proposes No Safety Threat Finding with San Onofre License – Mark Chediak
• Reuters – San Onofre license change may not increase safety risk – NRC
• San Diego Union-Tribune – Financial regulator responds to San Onofre concerns – Morgan Lee
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Spring 2013 Citizen’s Watch Newsletter – Marylia Kelley
• Tri-Valley CAREs – Our Initial Response to the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for Nuclear Weapons
• YubaNet – San Onofre: Friends of the Earth: Edison’s license request a risky red herring that NRC must reject
• Honolulu Civil Beat blog – Study: Fukushima Fallout Affected Hawaii Babies
• AP Google – Obama budget hints sale of largest public utility – Travis Loller
• Greenville News – Resolve dam issue in plain sight
• Greenville News – NRC tells Duke it hasn’t decided on company’s assessment of Oconee flood threat – Eric Connor
• All Things Nuclear – Yuri’s Night – David Wright
• AP Google – Alert to Congress: Nuclear evacuation may bog down – Jeff Donn
• Greenpeace International – Nuclear safety? Depends on who you ask – Shawn-Patrick Stensil
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Jim Asselstine’s Bullish Assessment of Nuclear Energy’s Future
• NEI Nuclear Notes – Nuclear Energy’s Storied History and Bright Future – Marv Fertel
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Policy Brief 4 April – 10 April 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Nuclear Energy Insider – Weekly Intelligence Brief 4 April – 10 April 2013 – K. Steiner-Dicks
• Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works – GAO Report Highlights Concerns on Emergency Response Near Nuclear Power Plants
• GAO – NRC Needs to Better Understand Likely Public Response to Radiological Incidents at Nuclear Power Plants, GAO-13-243
• NAS – Project Update: Review of Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Substances
• Asia-Pacific: The Atomic Age – Uncomfortable Questions in the Wake of Nuclear Accidents at Fukushima and Chernobyl via Japan Focus – Anders Pape Møller and Timothy A. Mousseau
• Asia-Pacific: ENS – Radioactive Water Leaks From Japan’s Damaged Nuclear Plant
• Asia-Pacific: Power Engineering – TEPCO sent employees to 2005 public hearing on nuclear power.
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – TEPCO plans for storing radioactive water dealt heavy blow
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – PROMETHEUS TRAP/ ‘Shadow units’ (17): SDF ‘suicide mission’ considered for dealing with nuclear accident – Hiroyoshi Itabashi
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Today – Gov’t, Naraha mayor in talks to allow radioactive waste storage facility
• Europe: Daily Telegraph – EDF ‘in big trouble’ says French nuclear expert
• Russia: Bellona – Bellona St. Petersburg still awaiting prosecutor’s decision on fine – Charles Digges
• South Africa: Green Times – Radioactive waste in your home – coming soon!

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

• Free Speech Radio News – Energy Secretary nominee Ernest Moniz promotes expanding natural gas, oil production before Senate committee
• KPBS – New Law Would Make Nuclear Power Costs More Transparent – Alison St John
• Los Angeles Times – Edison hopes to start up San Onofre by June 1 – Abby Sewell
• Sierra Wave – Inyo-Mono Supervisors: water issues, snow removal, planning and June Mountain – Benett Kessler
• Odessa American – Texas lawmakers want to increase nuclear waste dump capacity – Emma Petty
• All Things Nuclear – Fission Stories #134: niagA tI soeD yrreF snworB – Dave Lochbaum
• Utica/Rome/Mohawk Valley – YNN – Moving weapon grade nuclear waste through New York – Brian Dwyer
• New York Times – Ex-Regulator Says Reactors Are Flawed – Matthew L. Wald
• Canada: CTV News – Ottawa’s contemplation of higher nuclear liability limits too narrow: Greenpeace – Heather Scoffield
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Activists protest government suit to have anti-nuke tents removed
• Asia-Pacific: Asahi Shimbun – Criticism, doubts greet new Diet panel on nuclear issues
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan News – Taiwan premier promises haste on nuclear waste
• Asia: Xinhua News – Shocking moments of mass nuclear explosion
• Europe: Enformable – EDF plagued by financial problems which could derail Hinkley plans – Lucas W Hixson
• Europe: Enformable – Germany to make nuclear power operators pay for nuclear waste repository
• Europe: Deutsche Welle – Germany restarts nuclear waste storage search from scratch
• Russia: Bellona – Russian NGOs blast Putin’s estimate they have received $1 billion in last four months – Charles Digges

Monday, April 08, 2013

• Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA7) – SEC Evaluating Markey Concerns about San Onofre Operator Violating Federal Securities Laws
• KCOY – Jackson Introduces Bill Requiring Nuclear Power Plant Cost Transparency – Dave Alley
• San Luis Obispo Tribune – San Onofre seeks license change in bid for restart
• Twin Falls Times-News – Letter To The Editor: Idaho Must Say No to More Nuclear Waste – Eric Brandt
• Newnan-Times-Herald – Cost overruns embolden Vogtle foes – Walter C. Jones
• Beaver County Times – Nuclear safety net: Scientists skeptical of industry compliance – Rachel Morgan
• CapeCodToday – Provincetown votes to close Pilgrim Nuclear – Diane Turco
• Huffington Post – OpEd: No Nukes – Steven Cohen
• National Journal – Sen. Wyden to Grill Obama’s Energy Nominee on Nuclear-Waste Site – Amy Harder
• FCNL – Nuclear Calendar Update
• NTI – EPA Relaxes Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents – Douglas P. Guarino
• Canada: CNSC – CNSC News Update
• Asia-Pacific: AP Google – Japan experts say new nuclear safety plan too lax – Mari Yamaguchi
• Asia-Pacific: Firedoglake – Fukushima Two Years Later: Many Questions, One Clear Answer – Gregg Levine
• Asia-Pacific: Japan Times – Rosy Fukushima health report faulted by experts – Brian A. Victoria
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Japan Govt Sues Antinuclear Activists
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Fukushima N-Accident Not Yet Resolved: Expert
• Asia-Pacific: JIJI Press – Flat Feet Kids Up 2.5-Fold at Fukushima Nursery
• Asia-Pacific: TEPCO – TEPCO News Update
• Asia-Pacific: Taiwan Today – Jiang vows to remove Orchid Island nuclear waste – Grace Kuo
• South Asia: The Hindu – India’s nuclear power problem – Swaran Singh
• Europe: BBC News – Ex-Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher dies, aged 87
• Europe: World Radio Switzerland – Nuclear waste scandal probed
• East Europe: Warsaw Business Journal – The wait continues on Poland’s nuclear power program – Jacek Ciesnowski